diff --git a/git-clone.txt b/git-clone.txt
index 02d9c19ce..b2dd4df03 100644
--- a/git-clone.txt
+++ b/git-clone.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ source repository, similar to running `cp -r src dst` while modifying
 -s::
 --shared::
 	When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
-	instead of using hard links, automatically setup
+	instead of using hard links, automatically set up
 	`.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects
 	with the source repository.  The resulting repository
 	starts out without any object of its own.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --reference[-if-able] <repository>::
 	If the reference repository is on the local machine,
-	automatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to
+	automatically set up `.git/objects/info/alternates` to
 	obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
 	an already existing repository as an alternate will
 	require fewer objects to be copied from the repository